The first step is acknowledging that in a standoff, it could lose, and badly.
www.theamericanconservative.com
Inexpensive Russian and Chinese weapons, such as cyberwar and antiship missiles, threaten the West’s reliance on expensive arms such as aircraft carriers.
taskandpurpose.com
However is America still wants to invade third World nations like Vietnam and Afghanistan or Somalia a carrier could still be useful. However if the USA attacked China or Russia with a carrier the ship would be sunk in under an hour by land based anti ship missiles that number in the thousands
Incorrect. This is not the 1940s where an AC has to be mere miles from a target. It is the only way to project power in areas where no land-based aircraft are possible, and carriers do not stand alone. Instead they are escorted by ships and in fact their own aircraft which are specialized at intercepting threats. Additionally, the act of assaulting an AC is an act of war, a tripwire in effect, which no country has the balls to do, perhaps not even in a Biden presidency.
Aircraft carriers, like submarines are purely offensive. It is the primary reason they are the most powerful weapon in the world besides nuclear, biological or chemical all of which carriers could theoretically deliver.
All those ships would be sunk in an hour after launching an attack
And China would be a radioactive wasteland in the same timeframe.
So would your trailer genius.
Wrong, China doesn't have the capacity to win a nuclear war with the USA. But that's the reason China will never attack a US carrier or other warship.
If a carrier is used to defend Taiwan the carrier will be sunk. As for China not having nukes, you are really a very uneducated fool, as china has land sea and air nukes
PS bye the way, the usa does not have the capacity to win a nuke war either
China plans to double its stockpile of nuclear warheads in the next decade, including those designed to be carried atop ballistic missiles that can reach the United States, the Pentagon said in a new report.
www.defensenews.com
Updated June 2025 The People’s Republic of China (PRC) began its nuclear weapons program in the 1950s with significant help from the Soviet Union, which contributed advisors and technical equipment. When Sino-Soviet relations cooled at the end of that decade, China moved forward on its own and...
armscontrolcenter.org
China has a small number of nukes and a very limited delivery ability. The US has over five thousand nukes and delivery systems that range from uninterceptable ICBMs accurate within tens of meters that carry multiple independently targeted warheads, to Ohio Class submarines that can’t be tracked and can nearly hit every Chinese target while tied to their docks.
How nukes does China have?
It is
estimated that China has a stockpile of around 320 nuclear warheads. These weapons can be delivered by air, sea and land – completing a nuclear triad once China’s strategic bombers are deployed. While Beijing has long focused on maintaining a minimum deterrent, it is likely that its nuclear stockpile will increase in the next few decades. Additionally, if the United States continues to expand and strengthen its missile defense program, China may
modify its nuclear posture to include a significantly larger nuclear force with the potential to strike the United States.
Air
Historically, the air-based component of the Chinese triad has been a low priority for the nation. China currently possesses a small number of air-based platforms for nuclear weapon delivery, but is
expected to bring a new strategic bomber and air-launched ballistic missiles into operation. That may include the development of a new nuclear-capable subsonic strategic stealth bomber, the Xian
H-20, which could enter service as early as 2025. This will be
very similar to the U.S. B-2 bomber.
Sea
China has four Jin-class nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBN), with two more under construction. Each SSBN can carry up to 12 submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) known as JL-2. These missiles are believed to have a range of
7,200 kilometers, which gives China the ability to target Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, India and Russia from Chinese waters. The only way for China to target the continental United States would be if the Jin-class submarines traveled deep into the Pacific Ocean, but they would most likely be noticed by U.S.
Maritime Patrol Aircrafts.
Land
It is estimated that China currently has around
180 to 190 nuclear-capable land-based missiles that can deliver 220 nuclear warheads. In recent years, China has deployed three road-mobile nuclear-capable versions: the CSS-5 Mod 6, the
DF-26 intermediate-range ballistic missile, and the
DF-31AG intercontinental ballistic missile launcher. It is believed that the
DF-15, first fielded in the 1990s, is China’s only
nuclear-capable land-based short-range ballistic missile.
Which one do you not care if it hits your trailer
